The Indiana stars built a 50-38 halftime lead over Kentucky but couldn’t hang on down-the-stretch, losing 94-89 to Kentucky Saturday night in the Battle of the Bridges’ boys’ varsity contest at MidAmerica Sports Center in Louisville.

Jeffersonville senior-to-be Trice Whaley exploded for a game-high 27 points — including a near full-court shot at the first-half buzzer — to pace Indiana in the defeat. Whaley was named Indiana’s most valuable player for the second year in a row.

Kentucky also scored a victory over Indiana in the girls’ varsity match up, 75-50. Jeffersonville sophomore-to-be Haley Vogen, who was named Indiana’s MVP, led her team in defeat with 12 points.

In the boys’ future stars game, which primarily featured rising sophomores and juniors, the Indiana team rallied to make the final result respectable, losing 89-80. Henryville sophomore-to-be Andrew Jones was the team’s top performer, earning MVP honors for Indiana.

Kentucky breezed past Indiana in the boys’ rising freshmen game, 59-41. Corydon’s Bronson Kessinger, who is coming off a tremendous summer, garnered the MVP award for the Indiana stars.

Team Southern Indiana’s 2014 and 2015 Red teams began play Wednesday at the AAU Super Showcase in Orlando, Fla. Here are highlights from day one:

2014 Red

2014 Red trimmed an 11-point deficit to one point in the final period but couldn’t get over the hump, losing 70-64 to the R.A.P. Memorial Squad (N.Y.) in their first game of pool play. Columbus East’s Bryce Lienhoop tossed in 22 points, Brownstown’s Chaz Schneider added 13 and New Albany’s Dre McBirth 11 in the loss.

Uhl netted four consecutive free throws in the final two-minutes of the game to secure the victory, coach Will Eubank said.

The team went 5-0 on the weekend, winning all three pool play games and beating Pontiac (Mich.) Bears in the semifinals and Indiana Blast for the championship.

Other 2013 team members in attendance this weekend were Bedford North Lawrence’s Lauren Boshears, Corydon’s Savannah Eschbacher and Paoli’s Sophie Sears. Lambert and New Washington’s Ashley Johnson, both of TSI’s 2014 team, played up this weekend.